The rocket or system of rockets used to launch spacecraft. ‘Launch vehicle’ is an inclusive term used in space exploration, because booster rockets are sometimes added, and a multistage rocket can be composed of two or three different rockets.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Transportation Provides details of ESA rockets, launch programme, and development. There is a description of the European spaceport of Kourou and lots of pictures of the installation in the site's image gallery.